Folks interested in checking out the music of guitarist John Fahey might like a compilation i've had for a few years,titled "Twilight On Prince Georges Avenue".This cd gathers several tracks Fahey recorded for Varrick Records in the 80's and 90's.
Good stuff.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Yeah, it's apparently been out of print for some time. I'm glad I grabbed it when I did.
I just wouldn't expect many prog fans to also be Lightfoot fans. But I know we have some diverse tastes around here, so I'm happy to be proved wrong! I heard Gord from probably the day I was born -- my mom was a fan -- and the music has always stuck with me. It has an even more special significance for me in that I was on a big Lightfoot kick when my daughter was born. Now I always think of his music in the context of my sweet little lady.
This is virtually everything you could want to hear from Squeeze. I say "virtually" because I own the CD, and I rather wish they added a few of the later singles (like "Last Time Forever" and "Hourglass") as bonuses.
The best ABBA compilation is the sadly-rare-on-CD The Singles (The First Ten Years). I'd have swapped out "So Long" for "Angeleyes" and The Visitors is regrettably under-represented (no "Head Over Heels"?). Little to complain about otherwise. The addition of the final two singles from the aborted You Owe Me One sessions are a big plus ("The Day Before You Came" is one of their most stunning songs).
The Pretenders The Singles is also essential. No low points on that one.
^'Head Over Heels' really was a flop in the UK- their first since their post-Eurovision releases. 'The Day Before You Came' and 'Under Attack' also performed very poorly here but I guess were on it because there was no other outlet for them and were new at the time.
The Carpenters' first singles release, 'The Singles 1969-73' is still essential if you're a fan, as it's almost the only compilation of theirs ever to include the original mixes...and even this has a few segues and different (though better) vocals. There's another one called 'Yesterday Once More' which has almost every song from this first singles release, most of the second '1974-78' one (including a few rare single mixes not on that) and also adds most of the subsequent singles. I do have this on record, but I gather it's very rare on CD. It too has the original mixes as opposed to Richard's later 80s/90s remixes which are basically the default versions now.
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